Definitions for Hoover
ˈhu vərHoover

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1. Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover(noun)

   United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

2. Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover(noun)

   United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

3. Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover(noun)

   31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

4. Hoover(verb)

   a kind of vacuum cleaner

5. vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover(verb)

   clean with a vacuum cleaner

   "vacuum the carpets"

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1. Hoover(ProperNoun)

   A brand of vacuum cleaner.

   Etymology: The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

2. Hoover(ProperNoun)

   (shared by several famous people including J Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).

   Etymology: The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

3. hoover(Noun)

   A generic term for a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

   Etymology: The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

4. hoover(Verb)

   To clean (a room, etc) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

   I need to hoover this room.

   Etymology: The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

5. hoover(Verb)

   To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

   My husband is upstairs, hoovering.

   Etymology: The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

6. hoover(Verb)

   To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

   Etymology: The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

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1. Hoover

   Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL CSA. Hoover’s neighborhoods and planned communities are located along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Hoover is home to the Riverchase Galleria, one of the largest shopping centers in the Southeast and one of the largest mixed-use centers in the U.S. with 2.4 million square feet of total retail floor area. The Riverchase Galleria complex includes shopping, hotel, and office space. The shopping complex major anchor stores are JCPenney, Belk, Macy's, and Sears. The Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team, which traces its history to 1885, played its home games at the 10,800 seat Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. Michael Jordan's brief professional baseball career was with the Barons in 1994.

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1. hoover

   A type of device, appliance and product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, elements, shapes, sizes,styles and systems.

   There are a wide variety of hoovers you can purchase all created and designed in a similar and different way.

   Submitted by MaryC on November 21, 2015  

2. hoover

   To use a hoover.

   They did hoover the house once a week and then mopped all the floors.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

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1. hoover

   Song lyrics by hoover -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by hoover on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce Hoover?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hoover in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hoover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Hoover in a Sentence

1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   About Edgar J Hoover "I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in"

2. Germaine Greer:

   I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.

3. Paul Begala:

   If the Republicans want to claim they're new, they're going to need some new ideas, privatizing Social Security is not a new idea. Voucherizing Medicare is not a new idea. Cutting taxes for the rich is not a new idea. Discriminating against our LGBT sisters and brothers is not a new idea. In fact, I can't think of a single economic idea from the Republicans that Herbert Hoover wasn't in favor of in 1932.

4. Alex Stone:

   As Chief Hoover was comparing African-Americans to monkeys, I began to become extremely uncomfortable. I have never been in a work environment where a manager, especially an executive officer, is openly racist. this time Chief Hoover said, 'That's what they deserve,'.

5. Bryan Kroten:

   It's two and a half hours of pure experience from the time the helicopter lifts off to the time it returns, as you depart, you'll head towards Lake Las Vegas and Lake Mead. Then we do a giant 'S' turn over the Hoover Dam, so passengers on both sides of the helicopter have a perfect view.

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